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Pay attention to the ethical aspects of data sharing
Frank van Wijck, science journalist Eline Bunnik is an associate professor at the Department of Medical Ethics, Philosophy and History of …
Warnyta Minnaard represents patient interests and possibilities
Frank van Wijck, science journalist Warnyta Minnaard has been a member of Hartwig Medical Foundation’s Data Access Board (DAB) since February …
The starting point – always the patient
Frank van Wijck, science journalist Ele Visser is handing over his position as chairman of Hartwig Medical Foundation’s Data Access Board …
As chair of the DAB, Mariska Kool will take a helicopter view
Frank van Wijck, science journalist After the departure of Ele Visser, lawyer Mariska Kool from The Data Lawyers took over …
Breast cancer awareness month
October is the international breast cancer awareness month. Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer, and the …
Screening for T cells that already fight the tumor: Hartwig’s pipeline in practice
By Laura Nederveen In the search for more effective cancer treatments, Alena Gros and her team at Vall d’Hebron Institute …
Join us for an evening of Healthcare Tech innovation with Hartwig Medical Foundation and GCUG
Calling all software developers and tech enthusiasts 🚀 Hartwig Medical Foundation partners with Google Cloud User Group (GCUG) to bring …
Hartwig visit to Jackson Laboratory in Farmington, CT
For interpretation of molecular results, Hartwig relies on the CKB resource that has been developed by The Jackson Laboratory, and …
Catalog makes Hartwig Medical Database easily searchable
Hartwig Medical Foundation maintains a catalog of the Hartwig Medical Database with whole-genome data on full tumor genomes: https://catalog.hartwigmedicalfoundation.nl. The …
Collaboration between Hartwig and CKB makes both parties stronger
Hartwig Medical Foundation has worked with The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) Clinical Knowledgebase (CKB) team since 2020, to the benefit of …
Unique insights in the differences between primary and metastatic cancer by large-scale DNA data analyses
Researchers have obtained valuable insights into the development of tumors from a unique Dutch data collection. These insights provide relevant …
Collaboration for future-proof diagnostics and to accelerate research
Complete analysis of the DNA of children with cancer offers many possibilities. It maps out all possible targeted treatment options …
Blogs
Medicines Policy must be based on real world data
The recent decision by the National Health Care Institute to re-evaluate expensive cancer medicines in real-world practice is a logical …
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Cancer, a rare disease?
It may come as a surprise to many on this International Rare Disease Day (February 28), that a significant number …
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We want to extract the maximum amount of information from the patient’s tumor. This DNA test is the The complete DNA test is the best available tool to extract the maximum amount of information from the patient’s tumor. We only need one tissue sample with sufficient tumor cells. We literally analyze the entire genome, including parts of the DNA that show mutations of which we don’t yet know the importance. This test is tumor-independent and future-proof. These are the two most important advantages of WGS.